Scientist says New Zealand's biggest glacier shrinking
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:42
in Earth & Climate
New Zealand's biggest glacier is melting at its fastest pace in recent history, a scientist said Thursday. The Tasman Glacier on South Island was 18 miles long in 1990, with virtually no lake at its front edge, Massey University glacier expert Martin Brook said.
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